S.H.A.P.E. Assessment Results

Thank you Cheryl (Sherry) Bodle for taking the SHAPE Assessment. We encourage you to meet with a Church Leader that you respect, to go over your results, so that they can help you discover a place to serve in the church and/or community, and also to help you fine-tune your 5 Main Focuses/Priorities listed at the bottom of this email under the ‘Wrapping it up’ section. May God Bless You!

[S]piritual Gifts

Here is how your spiritual gifts scored:

59%

75%

81%

71%

59%

75%

62%

46%

90%

To see descriptions on the Spiritual Gifts and how you can use them to further Christ’s Kingdom on earth, visit this link.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
I have learned so much over the years from Bible College, from Temple University, and from talented people who know so much more than I do.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
God allows us to experience various types of life’s turmoil so that we can develop true sympathy for the suffering of others. Sympathy is okay as it helps us to experience and identify with suffering but hopefully, sympathy enhanced by education and experience changes to empathy which enables us to more effectively exhort and encourage people.

This gift’s evident in my life in the following ways:
When I think about how much God loves me, and how undeserving I am of that love, my heart nearly bursts with gratitude for Jesus’s redemptive work on the cross. I feel a compelling desire to share the gospel with others in order that they, too, may come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

[H]eart

1. To read and study God’s Word.

2. To study politics and foreign policy particularly as it relates to the Middle East.

3. To spend quality time with my family talking about the Lord’s work in our lives and in the world.

Having been a Child Evangelism Missionary for a summer after high school graduation, and having taught Weekday Religious Education in 5 public schools to 4th & 5th graders in Loudon County, VA (before it was declared illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court) and having been a foster parent for many years, I believe I love to work with children best. However, now that I am 73, I find that working with adults is more suitable.

I believe the time has come for churches to become more politically aware, and openly address in a non-partisan manner, issues which are likely going to affect believers lives in a more dramatic way than we have been accustomed to here in America. Believers will need to be more spiritually prepared to function in an increasingly hostile environment culturally and governmentally. We need to help people make Christianity more relevant to the daily lives of people–at home, in the workplace, in the church and in the civic arena.

Abortion/sanctity of Life
Educational
Policy/politics

[A]bilities

I am retired.

Estates and Trust Paralegal for 34 years
Pennsylvania House of Representatives – Staff, 5 years
Lobbyist, Pennsylvania Pro-Life Movement – 1 year
Weekday Religious Education, teacher, Loudon County, VA – 2 years
Houseparent – Paxton Memorial Children’s Home, Leesburg, VA – 5 years

Speaking
Teaching
Writing

The sanctity of life – 271 speaking engagements in Pennsylvania
Bible Study classes
How to effectively manage a U.S. Congressional Campaign

My willingness to think through matters and apply Biblical principles.

[P]ersonality

50-50 Extrovert/Reserved

50-50 High/Low Risk

50-50 Peace Maker/Challenger

50-50 People/Project Driven

50-50 Follower/Leader

50-50 Routine/Variety

Your Primary was ‘The Beaver’, with your Secondary coming in as ‘The Retriever’, and here are the descriptions of your Personalities, and how they can be used for God

Beaver- Organized. Beavers think that there is a right way to do everything and they want to do it exactly that way. Beaver personalities are very creative. They desire to solve everything. Desire to take their time and do it right. Beavers do not like sudden changes. They need reassurance.

Strength: High standards, order, respect
Weakness: Unrealistic expectations of self & others, too perfect.
Limitation: Seeing the optimistic side of things, expressing flexibility

Golden Retriever- Good at making friends. Very loyal. Retriever personalities do not like big changes. They look for security. Can be very sensitive. Very caring. Has deep relationships, but usually only a couple of close friends. Wants to be loved by everyone. Looks for appreciation. Works best in a limited situation with a steady work pattern.

Strength: Accommodating, calm, affirming
Weakness: Indecisive, indifferent, unable to express emotional, too soft on other people
Limitation: Seeing the need to be more assertive, holding others accountable

[E]xperience

I was always thinking about God, even as a young child. When I was 15 I began dating a young man who took me to church every Sunday. Over a period of time, I felt the pastor’s sermons were speaking directly to me. One Sunday evening, I answered the call to step forward and I accepted Jesus as my Savior. It changed my life forever!

Over the years, I have had very little formal ministry experience in a church other than attending church and taking part in normal church activities. My husband and I have moved several times during the years due to job relocation which made having a formal ministry difficult. I did teach Bible Study classes, organized a Junior Church, and established Counseling Encounter, Inc., a Christian pro-life counseling organization for women experiencing troubled pregnancies.

Attending Philadelphia College of Bible, 1963 – 1965

Graduating from Temple University (magna cum laude), Philadelphia, PA with degrees in Political Science and Early Childhood Education

Being a houseparent in the Paxton Memorial Children’s Home, in Loudon County, VA
Being a foster parent with Tressler Lutheran Social Services, Harrisburg, PA
Being a foster parent with Catholic Social Services, Philadelphia, PA

Seeing the tremendous amount of suffering experienced by children living in dysfunctional families

My parents were divorced when I was 11 years old; I have brothers and sisters who have not seen each other for over 52 years.

Experiencing the ravages of drug addiction within my own extended family.

Wrapping It Up

The Challenge: Based upon your S.H.A.P.E. Assessment above (the way God wired you), If you knew you couldn’t fail … and ‘lack of money, or time’ was not an obstacle… list your Top 3 Things you would ‘Focus’ your Life on, next to #1 Loving God & #2 Loving Your Neighbor (these would be your ‘3 God-Sized Dreams’ for your life)?

1. My Relationship with GOD

2. My Relationship with Others

• Putting Your Spouse First
• Your Kids Second
• Everyone Else After those

3. To be an effective prayer warrior and to teach Bible classes.

4. To help women prepare their families to survive any future disasters

5. To help counsel the poor and downtrodden